Team Heretics and Team Vitality just delivered one of the most electric Grand Finals in VCT EMEA history, and now the stage is set for a rematch on the international circuit. Both squads punched their tickets to VALORANT Masters London after a grueling five-map series that ended 3-2 in favor of Team Heretics on May 17.
How the Grand Final played out
The VCT EMEA Stage 1 Grand Final in Berlin was the kind of series that makes you forget you’ve been watching a screen for three hours straight. Team Heretics took Breeze 13-10 in a relatively clean opener, but Lotus immediately told a different story, stretching to overtime before Heretics edged it 15-13.
Down 0-2, Team Vitality responded with a dominant 13-7 performance on Pearl, the most lopsided map of the entire series, and suddenly the momentum had flipped entirely.
Split was a knife fight. Vitality pushed Heretics to the brink, but ultimately fell 13-11. That gave Team Heretics a 3-1 lead, though calling it comfortable would be deeply dishonest.
